We had two days of Bike & Build orientation before we actually set off on our journey across the country. Basically we played some games to get to know one another and had various meetings to learn more about how the trip would work. All 30 people in the group are amazing with their unique interests and experiences. This will be such a wonderful experience!
The picture below is of some of the riders in a parking lot at Brown University where we did some drills after the bike safety session we had with a local bike safety advocate. The guy was surprisingly intense and had us go down a little hill and slam on our breaks to practice quick stopping, among other things.
On day 2 we had lunch at a beautiful park overlooking Providence. We also had a bike maintenance clinic given by two people from REI, but they went extremely fast and showed us a lot of things that we shouldn't really be messing with at this point (limits on derailleurs, etc.)
We had dinner at a church in Providence and gave a presentation about Bike & Build, which will be pretty standard throughout the trip. It was fun walking through Providence during the afternoon and evening. It's a beautiful city, especially since all that I knew about it was from one of my favorite movies Dumb and Dumber, which is actually somewhat relevant to our trip since Harry and Lloyd were on a cross-country trip that started in Providence (though they may not have been working to support the affordable housing cause).
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